Pratt alumna Anna Park, who studied Illustration and Fine Arts, is profiled in Vogue about her black-and-white drawings made with charcoal or India ink. “The absence of color was never really a conscious decision,” Park tells Vogue. “It’s similar to someone picking up an instrument, and it feels right or natural. There are so many formal qualities that I wanted to explore within the world of charcoal, paint, and ink that I didn’t need color.”
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Visiting Assistant Professor and Temporary Department Coordinator of Fine Arts Yasmeen Abdallah, MFA Fine Arts ’15, reviewed recent exhibitions for Art Spiel.
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Jason Karolak, BFA ’97, completed an Albers Foundation Thread Residency in Senegal.
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Lisa Corinne Davis, BFA ’80, was named a recipient of a 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship.
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Alumnus and 2022 Pratt Legends Honoree Arem Duplessis served as a judge for the W. Eugene Smith Fund’s 2024 Grants in Humanistic Photography.
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Senior Thesis film Entre o Céu e a Terra by Bruna Braga, BFA Film ’24, was named Panelist Choice for Best Film in the Student Experimental Film Festival.
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Photography Matthew Leifheit was interviewed about his work with queer archives. He was also featured in the Daily Gazette.
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The iconic poster for My Fair Lady was created by Bill Gold, who earned a certificate in advertising design from Pratt in 1940. The poster was featured on Country Life’s list of the 14 greatest movie posters in cinema. “This 1964 Audrey Hepburn classic was masterminded by Bill Gold, the man behind the posters for most of Clint Eastwood’s repertoire,” they write.
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Illustrations by School of Continuing and Professional Studies Lecturer Nina Edwards were included in the AsianInNY Fashion Show.
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Fine Arts Fellow in Civic Engagement Alex Strada spoke at CUNY Graduate Center, organized by the United Nations Network on Migration on December 16, for Every Day Is Migrants Day. The event showcased work by “a diverse group of artists, scholars, and organizations with projects that foreground migrant narratives” and “highlight[ed] the essential role migrants play in the creation of culture.”